Dhesi directs officers to ensure proper conduct of Panchayat polls

Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Secretary DS Dhesi on Wednesday directed the concerned officers to make proper arrangements to ensure peaceful and smooth conduct of elections of Panchayati Raj Institutions and Municipalities in the State. Dhesi presided over a meeting for smooth conduct of general elections of Panchayati Raj Institutions and Municipalities in the State. The Chief Secretary said that the fifth general elections of Panchayati Raj Institutions and elections of Municipalities might soon be announced. He directed the Power and Public Health Engineering Departments to ensure supply of electricity and water in villages a day before the elections, on the day of polling and on the day of counting of votes.

Dhesi also asked the officers of Excise and Taxation Department to ensure complete ban on sale of liquor  and keep a vigil on its illegal sale and   smuggling on these days.He said that Home and Police Department should be fully prepared to maintain law and order situation in the state. In order to prevent any kind of communal riots and religious frenzy, he directed to identify sensitive and hypersensitive areas and make special arrangements to maintain law and order situation  in these areas.